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Battle of Jordanów

The battle of Jordanów (Bitwa pod Jordanowem) was a delaying action fought on 1–3 September 1939 in the Skawa valley, where Maczek's brigade blocked a German armored thrust.

Battle of Junín

The Battle of Junín (Batalla de Junín) was a cavalry battle fought on 6 August 1824 in the Peruvian Andes, where Simón Bolívar defeated the royalist army of José de Canterac.

Battle of Junziguan

The Battle of Junziguan (君子馆之战) was a battle fought in 986 at Junziguan, northwest of Hejian, Hebei, where Liao cavalry destroyed Liu Tingrang's Song army.

Battle of Jutland

Battle of Jutland (Skagerrak), 31 May to 1 June 1916: the only major naval battle of World War I, fought in the North Sea between the British Grand Fleet and German High Seas Fleet; a German tactical success but British strategic victory preserving the blockade.

Battle of Ka-san

The Battle of Ka-san was a September 1950 fight for Hill 902, a 3,000-foot mountain 10 miles north of Taegu, during North Korean pressure on the Pusan Perimeter defenses.

Battle of Kaba

The Battle of Kaba refers to Samori Ture's campaigns of 1880–1881 that defeated the Kaba dynasty and ended their rule over Kankan, a major Dyula trading center.

Battle of Kadesh

The Battle of Kadesh, also spelled Qadesh, was a large chariot battle around 1274 BCE between Ramesses II of Egypt and the Hittite Empire, usually judged a draw.

Battle of Kadugli

Battle of Kadugli refers to fighting for Kadugli, capital of South Kordofan, Sudan: 2011 SAF–SPLM-N clashes, then the RSF siege of the SAF-held city from February 2025, broken by the Sudanese army on 3 February 2026.

Battle of Kagamlik

The Battle of Kagamlik was a decisive battle of 1299–1300 near the Kagamlyk river in Poltava oblast, where Khan Toqta defeated the powerful Jochid prince Nogai.

Battle of Kagul

The Battle of Kagul (Кагульское сражение) was fought on 21 July 1770 on the Kagul river in Moldova, where Rumyantsev's outnumbered Russians routed the Ottoman army.

Battle of Kairouan (1554)

The Battle of Kairouan (1554) refers to the fighting in which the Ottoman corsair Dragut (Turgut Reis) wrested the Tunisian city of Kairouan from the pro-Spanish Hafsids in 1558.

Battle of Kajmakčalan

The Battle of Kajmakčalan (Битка на Кајмакчалану) was a 1916 World War I battle in which the Serbian Army took Mount Nidže's summit from Bulgarian and German forces.

Battle of Kakarong de Sili

The Battle of Kakarong de Sili (Labanan sa Kakarong) was fought on January 1, 1897, at Pandi, Bulacan, where Spanish forces destroyed the Kakarong Republic.

Battle of Kalenga

The Battle of Kalenga was the storming of the fortified capital of Hehe chief Mkwawa by German colonial forces in October 1894, near present-day Iringa, Tanzania.

Battle of Kaliakra

The Battle of Kaliakra, also called the Attack of the Drazki, was a First Balkan War naval engagement fought off Bulgaria on 21 November 1912.

Battle of Kalimanci

The Battle of Kalimanci was a defensive battle of the Second Balkan War, where the Bulgarian 4th Army stopped the Serbian offensive in July 1913.

Battle of Kalisz

The Battle of Kalisz names several battles fought at Kalisz in western Poland, including major engagements in 1706 and 1813 and the Red Army's capture of the city in 1945.

Battle of Kałuszyn

The Battle of Kałuszyn (Bitwa pod Kałuszynem), fought at night on 11–12 September 1939 during the German invasion of Poland, was a Polish victory that reopened the 1st Legions Infantry Division's route of retreat southward.

Battle of Kambula

The Battle of Kambula, also spelled Khambula, was an Anglo-Zulu War battle fought on 29 March 1879, in which Colonel Evelyn Wood's British force repulsed some 20,000 Zulu warriors.

Battle of Kamdesh

Battle of Kamdesh, October 3, 2009 assault on Combat Outpost Keating, Nuristan, Afghanistan, by about 300 Taliban and HiG fighters; 13-hour fight, 8 Americans killed, two Medals of Honor (Romesha, Carter), outpost abandoned.

Battle of Kampala (1986)

The Battle of Kampala (1986) was the final battle of the Ugandan Bush War, in which Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army captured Kampala from Tito Okello's government forces.

Battle of Kampot

The Battle of Kampot was a 1974 engagement of the Cambodian Civil War, in which Khmer Republic forces defended the coastal city of Kampot against a Khmer Rouge siege.

Battle of Kandalur Salai

The Battle of Kandalur Salai (கண்டலூர் சாலை போர்) was an early campaign of Rajaraja I in which the Chola navy destroyed Chera ships, leading to the capture of Vizhinjam.

Battle of Kanegasaki

The Battle of Kanegasaki, or Kanegasaki withdrawal, was a 1570 retreat battle in which Oda Nobunaga escaped encirclement by the Azai and Asakura forces in Echizen.

Battle of Kannanur

The Battle of Kannanur (ಕನ್ನನೂರು ಯುದ್ಧ) was fought in 1342 near Trichinopoly between Hoysala king Veera Ballala III and the Madurai Sultanate, whose forces defeated and killed the king.

Battle of Kannauj

The Battle of Kannauj, also called the Battle of Bilgram, was a 1540 victory of Sher Shah Suri over Mughal emperor Humayun, ending Mughal rule for fifteen years.

Battle of Kano (1807)

The Battle of Kano (1807) was the decisive engagement of the Sokoto jihad, fought at Dan Yahaya near Kano, where Fulani forces crushed the army of Sarkin Kano Alwali.

Battle of Kansala

The Battle of Kansala was the 1867 siege and destruction of Kansala, capital of the Kaabu federation in what is now Guinea-Bissau, by the Imamate of Futa Jallon.

Battle of Kapetron

The Battle of Kapetron (Pasinler Muharebesi in Turkish) was fought in 1048 near modern Pasinler, northeastern Turkey, the first major field battle between Byzantine-Georgian forces and the Seljuk Turks.

Battle of Kápolna

The Battle of Kápolna (kápolnai csata), fought on 26–27 February 1849 in northern Hungary, pitted the main Hungarian army under Henryk Dembiński against the Austrians under Windisch-Grätz.